Hoof-pad retainer.



No. 660,536, Pmntedoct. 23, |900.

w. F. wAlrE. HUDF PAD RETAINER. (Application led July 28, 1900.)

(Ilo Modal.)

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WILLIAM F. WAITE, OFAPALMER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO `VVILBUR F.

YOUNG, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS; l

,Hoor-PAD. RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 660,536, dated ctober-23, 1900.

Applies/tion nea July ze, 1900. seria No. 25,117. (No man.)

To L7/Z whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. WAITE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Palmer, in the county of I-Iamp- '5 den and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hoof-Pad Retainers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in Io hoof-pad holders, and has .for its objecta very simple, cheap, and efficient retainer for holding the pad n contact with the horses foot and which retainer can be readily applied to the pad and removed at will.

My invention consists in a U-shaped wire which has its two ends turned outwardly to catch Linder the inner edges of the shoe and its central portion turned upwardly at substantially a right angle, so as to hold the rear 2o end of the pad in contact with the heel of the horses hoof, combined with a W-shaped wire which not only serves to hold the pad in position, but to retain the other wire securely in place.

Heretofore pad-retaining devices have been formed of two separate pieces of wire, but both of them have been attached to the pad so as to form practically a part thereof, thus requiring a pad of such heavy and tough ma- 30 terial that the wire can be fastened securely thereto; but never before have hoof-pad retainers been formed of two separate pieces of wire which are not only separate from each other, but entirely separate from the pad, thus allowing pads of different materials to be used whenever so desired.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective showing a hoof-pad retainer which embodies my invention applied directly 4o to the hoof. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the pad-retainer alone.

A represents a horses hoof shod lwith the usual shoe, and B the pad which is applied to the bottom of the hoof, and which pad is 45 made of any suitable material and sufficiently long to project beyond the heel of the hoof and to be turned upwardly against the heel. The pad will be made of hair, felt, or any suitable material that may be preferred, and

5o bybeing made long enough to turn up against the heel the moisture is applied to the heel as well as to the sole of the foot and keeps the foot thoroughly cool and moist. For the pu rpose of retaining this pad in contactwith the foot two entirely-separate pieces of wire are used, one of which, C, is substantially the shape of the letter W, while the other, D, is made U-shaped, and neither one is connected to or attached to the pad in any manner. This permits the pad to be of any light material that may be preferred and which may be changed from time to time,as is desired. The U -shaped wire or retaining device has ils ends G turned outwardly, so as to catch under the opposite inside edges of the shoe, while its central portion is turned at substantially a right angle, as shown at I, for the purpose of holding the end of the pad against the heel of the foot. This U-shaped retainer extends forwardly to a point beyond the center ot' the hoof and by bearing against the turned-up part and against the bottom ot' the pad near each edge retains the pad in position. In order to retain the pad in contact with the toe of the hoof, the W-shaped wire C is also used and which is made to catch over and under the Wire D, as shown, and has its two ends to catch under the inside edge of the front of the shoe, as shown. tainer serves not only to assist in holding the pad in place at its front end, but also to lock the U-shaped part D in position. The two parts of the retainer, which, as above stated, are made entirely separate and distinct from the pad and from each other, retain the pad in position at all times without the slightest fear of its dropping out. The two parts of the retainer, which are made separate and distinct from each other, can be made from any piece of wire which has snfcient elasticity to assist in holding them in place, and while the ends of both pieces are here shown fiattened this is not absolutely necessary.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. 1n a hoof-pad retainer, the pad, combined with the U-shaped part of the retainer having its ends turned outwardly to catch under the inside edges of the shoe, and having its middle portion turned upwardly at substantially a right angle to hold the pad in contact with the heel, and the W-shaped part This part C of the re-` IOO which catches both under and over the U- shaped part, and has its front ends to catch under the'inside'edge of the front of the shoe; the two parts of the retainer being made entirely separate from the pad and from each other, as shown and described.

2. In a. hoof-pad retainer, the shoe', and the pad applied to the foot between the edgesof j the shoe, combined with the U-shaped part of the retainer having its ends flattened and turned outwardly to catch under the innerr edges of the shoe, and the W-shaped part which catches both under and over the U- shsp'ed' part and has its flattened' endsto catch under the inner edge 0f the front of the shoe, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me at Springe1d,Massaehusetts,

WILLIAM F. WAITE. Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLoWs, E. M". KNIGHT. 

